By Gavin Peterson You have no personality (either this or you’re still using the equipment in the above picture) That’s what the stations you’ve applied to might be thinking if you’ve tried and failed before to get that first job. It’s all about YOU selling yourself and THEM (the station). […]
By Ugo Onwutalu Playing your favourite tune by ear can be rewarding once you know how. The challenge is in being able to recreate what you hear, especially if you don’t have perfect pitch. Here are some tips for getting closer to reproducing your favourite songs (this applies mainly to […]
Everything Everywhere, (or more properly EE), unveiled plans to have 4G in 12 further cities across the UK by the end of the year, these being: Edinburgh, Belfast, Derby, Glasgow, Hull, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Southampton. The aim is to have 70 per cent of the UK population […]
By Ugo Onwutalu It has often been said in various promotional material, media and popular culture that learning a musical instrument and listening to music has numerous benefits amongst which are the increase in memory, learning capacity, overall intelligence and emotional well-being. This reminds me of the Mozart Effect popularised years ago as […]
The following is a list of chord progressions in music : Code M Major. m Minor. A Atonal. B Bitonal. I Indeterminate. L Lydian. Name Image Sound # of chords Quality 50s progression A 50s progression in C. Play 4 M Andalusian cadence Andalusian cadence. Play 4 L Backdoor progression Backdoor progression […]
List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Usual or unusual key signature 17 equal temperament — Play — 17 — — — Acoustic scale Acoustic scale on C. Play 1 2 3 ♯4 5 6 ♭7 7 whole tone […]
When learning a piece of music do you get carried away in wanting to hear the finished product even if you’re only halfway through the work and can’t play it properly yet? If so, you probably alsp get either excited or impatient to move the music along. So you […]
Other than trawling through the Yellow pages or the internet, finding a tuner near you can be time consuming. Other than friends, contact the nearest institutions to you that own pianos and ask them who takes care of their instruments. Get recommendations from the following: · Universities and music schools/academies […]
So you’re a beginner in violin or perhaps a parent of a beginner violin student. You have a modest budget and are interested in purchasing a 1/4 violin between $150 to $250 for yourself/your child. But you don’t know where to look. Buy from a reputable string instrument retailer and […]
Following on from my last post on analysing Chris Brown’s song ‘Love More’, it occured to me that while I’ve played and listened to a wide variety of music over the years, I’ve never personally expressed my likes/dislike for certain music on TuneBox TV (probably because playing in a band, […]
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